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Synonyms for muse

  • verb
  • noun

Most common

ponder meditate ruminate cogitate

All synonyms

Verb

1. Ruminate — to become lost in thought, to ponder

ruminate, ponder, meditate, contemplate, reflect, think, cogitate, mull, dream, think over, speculate, deliberate, consider, mull over, gaze, chew over, study, introspect, brood, chew, chew the cud, excogitate

Noun

genius loci, abstraction, pre-occupation

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To become lost in thought, to ponder.

  2. n. 1

    Of a person: a source of inspiration.

    Yoko Ono was John Lennon's wife, lover, and muse.

Related words

Word family
museum music muser musing
Phrases
green muse

Forms

Plural
muses → abstractions, pre-occupations…
Past participle
mused
e.g. mused → ruminated, pondered, meditated, contemplated…

Example sentences

  • ponder These are very disconcerting questions to ponder.
  • meditate Sami wanted to be able to meditate like Layla did.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
muserising
ponderrising
meditaterising
ruminaterising
cogitaterising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
gaze1, chew1, mull1
5 letters
think1, study2, dream1, brood1
6 letters
ponder2
7 letters
reflect2
8 letters
consider3, meditate3, ruminate3, cogitate3
9 letters
speculate3
10 letters
deliberate4, introspect3, excogitate
11 letters
contemplate3, abstraction3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (study2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
songer